"kizuizi" meaning in Swahili

See kizuizi in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-kizuizi.flac Forms: kizuizi class VII [canonical], vizuizi class VIII [plural]
Etymology: From -zuia (“to prevent, to keep back”) or a variant. Head templates: {{sw-noun|vi}} kizuizi class VII (plural vizuizi class VIII)
  1. a barrier (structure that bars passage)
    Sense id: en-kizuizi-sw-noun-TGeZ3JWr Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header, Construction

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "From -zuia (“to prevent, to keep back”) or a variant.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kizuizi class VII",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vizuizi class VIII",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi"
      },
      "expansion": "kizuizi class VII (plural vizuizi class VIII)",
      "name": "sw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "sw",
          "name": "Construction",
          "orig": "sw:Construction",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a barrier (structure that bars passage)"
      ],
      "id": "en-kizuizi-sw-noun-TGeZ3JWr",
      "links": [
        [
          "barrier",
          "barrier"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "Sw-ke-kizuizi.flac",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "kizuizi"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "From -zuia (“to prevent, to keep back”) or a variant.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kizuizi class VII",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vizuizi class VIII",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi"
      },
      "expansion": "kizuizi class VII (plural vizuizi class VIII)",
      "name": "sw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Swahili class VII nouns",
        "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
        "Swahili lemmas",
        "Swahili nouns",
        "sw:Construction"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a barrier (structure that bars passage)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "barrier",
          "barrier"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "Sw-ke-kizuizi.flac",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0c/Sw-ke-kizuizi.flac/Sw-ke-kizuizi.flac.mp3",
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    }
  ],
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}

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